Blaine Wastell - patterns & practices client architecture guidance
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Have you taken the Prism survey
We (the patterns & practices client team) need you to take the Prism survey to tell us how we...
Author: Blaine Date: 04/01/2009
VB QuickStarts and How To’s Now Available for Prism
We had a number of customers ask for Visual Basic Versions of the Composite Application Guidance for...
Author: Blaine Date: 03/25/2009
Learn Prism
We just created a page on Codeplex that will help you learn more about Prism (Composite Application...
Author: Blaine Date: 02/27/2009
Update on SCSF, WCSF, and Software Factories
A number of customers have asked about our plans for the Web Client Software Factory and the Smart...
Author: Blaine Date: 02/26/2009
Update to Prism 2.0 Available on Download Center
After we published the Composite Application Guidance for WPF and Silverlight - February 2009...
Author: Blaine Date: 02/26/2009
Prism 2.0 is Live
We are excited to announce that the Composite Application Guidance for WPF and Silverlight (Prism...
Author: Blaine Date: 02/18/2009
pnp Summit Videos Available online
Ajoy just announced that 3 p&p summit video's are now available on-line. He provides a link to a...
Author: Blaine Date: 12/08/2008
Roadmap for WCSF
A number of customers have asked about the future of the Web Client Software Factory. I want to...
Author: Blaine Date: 12/03/2008
Prism 2.0 Drop Available on Codeplex
Erwin Van Der Valk posted a blog entry on the latest Prism 2.0 drop. You should go check it out....
Author: Blaine Date: 11/10/2008
Announcing 6 new patterns and practices releases
The patterns & practices team just published 6 new releases in the last two weeks. Ajoy...
Author: Blaine Date: 11/07/2008
SharePoint Guidance is Live
After lots of hard work by the team, advisors, and product group we decided it would be best to...
Author: Blaine Date: 11/04/2008
CAB to Prism Comparison Available on Codeplex
Our Composite UI Application Block (CAB) customers have been asking for comparison documentation...
Author: Blaine Date: 09/30/2008
Prism 2.0 first drop on Codeplex
We just finished our first drop for Composite Application Guidance for WPF and Silverlight (code...
Author: Blaine Date: 09/24/2008
Unit Testing SharePoint Projects
Since we started the SharePoint Guidance project, I have heard from most customers that they do not...
Author: Blaine Date: 09/09/2008
Training Class Available for Composite Application Library
We are excited to announce that David Platt is now offering an online training class on Composite...
Author: Blaine Date: 09/04/2008
Scope for Prism 2.0
In my previous post, I mentioned that we planned on creating guidance for Composite Silverlight...
Author: Blaine Date: 09/02/2008
patterns & practices SharePoint Drop is Available on Codeplex
In a previous post, I talked about starting a new project to create SharePoint guidance. We heard...
Author: Blaine Date: 08/28/2008
Composite for Silverlight Survey
We are the planning phase to create a composite library for Silverlight. We need your help to...
Author: Blaine Date: 08/28/2008
Loosely coupled communication
Check our Francis Cheung's blog posts on loosely couple communication for composite WPF...
Author: Blaine Date: 06/07/2008
Need help to prioritize SharePoint scenarios and requirements
We are starting a new project to provide guidance on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS). If...
Author: Blaine Date: 05/19/2008
Track Prism project
The Prism project is making good progress toward our first release at the end of June..ish. If you...
Author: Blaine Date: 05/14/2008
Do we listen to the community?
Does the patterns & practices client team listen to the community? It is easy for someone in our...
Author: Blaine Date: 04/29/2008
Smart Client Software Factory - April 2008 Release for Visual Studio 2008 is now available on MSDN
As Mike announced in his blog yesterday, we released an updated version of the Smart Client Software...
Author: Blaine Date: 04/26/2008
SCSF April 2008 Alpha for Visual Studio 2008 Published to CodePlex
In response to customer requests, we just published the Smart Client Software Factory April 2008...
Author: Blaine Date: 04/10/2008
Web Client Bundles for .NET 2.0 and .NET 3.5 Available on Download Center
We just posted the Web Client Assets (formerly known as Bundles) for both .NET 2.0 and .NET 3.5 on...
Author: Blaine Date: 04/09/2008
JD shares his insights from some of the best books
Earlier today I provided a link to JD's blog on a presentation from Stephen Covey. I have known JD...
Author: Blaine Date: 04/07/2008
JD Meier shares "Cliff Notes" from Stephen Covey's presentation to Microsoft
JD Meier recently posted a blog on Stephen Covey's presentation to Microsoft. The blog post...
Author: Blaine Date: 04/07/2008
Composite Web Application Block on Unity
Mike Puleio recently posted blog entries on how to convert Composite Web Application Block (CWAB) to...
Author: Blaine Date: 04/06/2008
Smart Client Software Factory for Visual Studio 2008 close to shipping
Now that Web Client Software Factory Shipped and the team is focusing on Prism (the composite...
Author: Blaine Date: 03/27/2008
Using EntLib 3.1 with Visual Studio 2008
If you want to use "take full advantage of Enterprise Library 3.1", Scott Densmore just posted a...
Author: Blaine Date: 03/13/2008
WCSF February 2008 Release can now live side-by-side with October 2007 Guidance Package
Based upon customer feedback, we made a change to the installation program to allow the Web Client...
Author: Blaine Date: 03/13/2008
View Web Client Software Factory Documentation on MSDN
As I mentioned in my previous blog, a complete copy of WCSF February 2008 release's documentation is...
Author: Blaine Date: 03/10/2008
Web Client Software Factory - February 2008 Shipped
After further ado, we finally shipped the Web Client Software Factory. Glenn and Michael describe...
Author: Blaine Date: 02/28/2008
Glenn and Blaine Interviewed about patterns & practices
Glenn and I were interviewed a few weeks back by howsoftwareisbuilt.com. Glenn's blog mentions the...
Author: Blaine Date: 12/17/2007
Next version of Web Client Software Factory (WCSF)
We are planning on shipping a new version of the Web Client Software Factory in January or February...
Author: Blaine Date: 12/13/2007
All Web Client Bundles now strong named
The Web Client Bundle Binaries on CodePlex are now strong named. This includes: Composite Web Client...
Author: Blaine Date: 12/05/2007
Model View Presenter Bundle just shipped
The patterns & practices client team just shipped the Model View Presenter (MVP) Bundle. This...
Author: Blaine Date: 12/04/2007
Bundle documentation available on CodePlex
Many of us in patterns & practices have been wanting to put more of our documentation on-line so...
Author: Blaine Date: 11/13/2007
New post on developing ASP.NET controls with client capabilities
Mike just created a blog post about developing ASP.NET controls using ASP.NET AJAX Extensions. The...
Author: Blaine Date: 10/31/2007
Does the computer take over your life?
An interesting article has been circulating around Microsoft of late regarding Office or Home A.D.D....
Author: Blaine Date: 10/29/2007
WPF Composite Client
The Acropolis team just announced that the core Acropolis concepts will be rolled into future .NET...
Author: Blaine Date: 10/29/2007
Guidance provided by Responsive Composite Web Client Reference Implementation
As I was creating the home page for the new Reference Implementation that we just shipped, I...
Author: Blaine Date: 10/16/2007
Web Client Bundle Quality Checkpoints
The p&p Web Client team has now shipped the Contextual AutoComplete, Validation, Composite Web...
Author: Blaine Date: 10/12/2007
New CAB/SCSF Workshop Offering by David Platt
David is doing it again. A new 4 days workshop on CAB & SCSF in October still open positions. I...
Author: Blaine Date: 09/17/2007
Recently released: Draft Hands-on Labs for SCSF May 2007 Release
We recently released the draft Developer Hands-on Labs for the Smart Client Software Factory May...
Author: Blaine Date: 09/05/2007
Developer Hands-on Labs available for WCSF June 2007 Release
We just released the Developer Hands-on Labs for the Web Client Software Factory June 2007 Release....
Author: Blaine Date: 09/05/2007
WCSF Rich UI Weekly Drop on Codeplex
We published our first weekly drop on Codeplex last Friday. We decided to break the 2nd release into...
Author: Blaine Date: 07/02/2007
WCSF June 2007 release is live
As Glenn posted in his blog, the June 2007 release is now live. In my previous post, I outlined the...
Author: Blaine Date: 06/18/2007
Evaluating SCSF, consider downloading the documentation and feedback on making factories more consumable
If you are evaluating the Smart Client Software Factory May 2007 release, we now allow you to...
Author: Blaine Date: 06/16/2007
SCSF June 2006 Release Now Available for Download
Hey what is going on why are you telling me about Smart Client Software Factory June 2006 Release?...
Author: Blaine Date: 06/14/2007